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The challenges of applying cycling design guidance (2023)
Journal Article
Hancock, L., & Parkin, J. (in press). The challenges of applying cycling design guidance. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.22.00068

Cycle infrastructure provides a means for everyday travel by a mode which is efficient, benign to the environment and confers health benefits on the user. The UK Department for Transport has a funding stream dedicated to providing grants to English h... Read More about The challenges of applying cycling design guidance.

Maintenance of action: A qualitative study of cycle commuting adoption resulting from a cycle loan scheme (2023)
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Plowden, E., & Parkin, J. (2023). Maintenance of action: A qualitative study of cycle commuting adoption resulting from a cycle loan scheme. Journal of Transport and Health, 30, 101610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101610

Introduction: Cycling has multiple health benefits, but its share of commuting mode remains low in the UK. Little is known about barriers and determinants for new sustained recruits to commuting, and few studies have examined new recruits for a suffi... Read More about Maintenance of action: A qualitative study of cycle commuting adoption resulting from a cycle loan scheme.

Perceived accessibility of employment sites by jobseekers and the potential relevance of employer-subsidised demand responsive transport to enhance the commute (2022)
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Calvert, T., Crawford, F., Parkhurst, G., & Parkin, J. (2022). Perceived accessibility of employment sites by jobseekers and the potential relevance of employer-subsidised demand responsive transport to enhance the commute. Cities, 130, 103872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103872

The constraints placed by the transport options available to job-seekers are key factors for the accessibility of employment locations and therefore social inclusion. The present paper investigates the importance of these constraints and the potentia... Read More about Perceived accessibility of employment sites by jobseekers and the potential relevance of employer-subsidised demand responsive transport to enhance the commute.

Cyclist and pedestrian trust in automated vehicles: An on-road and simulator trial (2022)
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Parkin, J., Crawford, F., Flower, J., Alford, C., Morgan, P., & Parkhurst, G. (2023). Cyclist and pedestrian trust in automated vehicles: An on-road and simulator trial. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 17(7), 762-774. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2022.2093147

Automated vehicles (AVs) need to be trusted by cyclists and pedestrians where they will share the road. To test trust, cyclists and pedestrians, and a comparison cohort of drivers, observed trials of both a road and simulator AV undertaking three com... Read More about Cyclist and pedestrian trust in automated vehicles: An on-road and simulator trial.

Editorial: Longer Distance Cycling: Roles, Requirements and Impacts (2022)
Journal Article
Parkin, J., & Fjendbo Jensen, A. (2022). Editorial: Longer Distance Cycling: Roles, Requirements and Impacts. Active Travel Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.16997/ats.1301

This Editorial summarises and comments on the five papers in the themed issue on longer distance cycling. In relation to infrastructure, there are contentions which emerge in relation to either the need to simply join together already existing shorte... Read More about Editorial: Longer Distance Cycling: Roles, Requirements and Impacts.

Experience of living near a highway in Nepal: Community perceptions of road dangers in Makwanpur district (2022)
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Joshi, E., Gautam, P., Khadka, A., Pilkington, P., Parkin, J., Joshi, S. K., & Mytton, J. (2022). Experience of living near a highway in Nepal: Community perceptions of road dangers in Makwanpur district. Journal of Transport and Health, 24, Article 101337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101337

Introduction: Road traffic injuries are a major but neglected global challenge. There are high and rising rates of road traffic injuries in Nepal. Most of the studies reporting these injuries in Nepal have used quantitative methods to describe the in... Read More about Experience of living near a highway in Nepal: Community perceptions of road dangers in Makwanpur district.

Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system (2022)
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Khadka, A., Parkin, J., Pilkington, P., Joshi, S. K., & Mytton, J. (2022). Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system. Traffic Injury Prevention, 23(2), 79-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2021.2012766

Objective: Accurate road crash reporting is essential for evaluating road safety interventions and plans. Under-reporting of road traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities in police records has been widely described. The aim of this study was to appl... Read More about Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system.

Views of professional stakeholders on readiness for a safe road system in Nepal; an exploratory qualitative study (2021)
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Pandey, B., Khadka, A., Joshi, E., Joshi, S. K., Parkin, J., Pilkington, P., & Mytton, J. (2022). Views of professional stakeholders on readiness for a safe road system in Nepal; an exploratory qualitative study. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 29(2), 217-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2021.1983845

Road traffic injuries in Nepal are increasing despite being largely preventable. Little evidence exists regarding the barriers and facilitators to a safer road system. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of professionals whose jobs had the p... Read More about Views of professional stakeholders on readiness for a safe road system in Nepal; an exploratory qualitative study.

Road safety and heavy goods vehicle driving in LMICs: Qualitative evidence from Nepal (2021)
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Khadka, A., Gautam, P., Joshi, E., Pilkington, P., Parkin, J., Joshi, S. K., & Mytton, J. (2021). Road safety and heavy goods vehicle driving in LMICs: Qualitative evidence from Nepal. Journal of Transport and Health, 23, Article 101247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2021.101247

Background: Heavy goods vehicle drivers are an influential driving population in Nepal, with over 90% of goods in the country are transported by road. Due to the time spent on the road, drivers have long periods of exposure to the risk of crash invol... Read More about Road safety and heavy goods vehicle driving in LMICs: Qualitative evidence from Nepal.

Open access transport models: A leverage point in sustainable transport planning (2020)
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Lovelace, R., Parkin, J., & Cohen, T. (2020). Open access transport models: A leverage point in sustainable transport planning. Transport Policy, 97, 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.06.015

A large and growing body of evidence suggests fundamental changes are needed in transport systems, to tackle issues such as air pollution, physical inactivity and climate change. Transport models can play a major role in tackling these issues through... Read More about Open access transport models: A leverage point in sustainable transport planning.

Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share? (2020)
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Clayton, W., Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., & Parkin, J. (2020). Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share?. Transportation Planning and Technology, 43(4), 343-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2020.1747200

The advent of road transport automation is suggested to be one of four key technological transitions that could amount to a major transformation in mobility practices. Specifically, fully Automated Vehicles (AVs) might replace the current private car... Read More about Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share?.

Equestrian road collisions: An analysis of the collision record, riding behaviours and experiences (2019)
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Trump, D., & Parkin, J. (2020). Equestrian road collisions: An analysis of the collision record, riding behaviours and experiences. Safety Science, 123, Article 104523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104523

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd In 2017, 78 equestrians were involved in road collisions involving personal injury in Great Britain, with 22 people being seriously injured and 61 being slightly injured. While the absolute numbers of collisions and injuries relat... Read More about Equestrian road collisions: An analysis of the collision record, riding behaviours and experiences.

New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain (2019)
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Batley, R., Bates, J., Bliemer, M., Börjesson, M., Bourdon, J., Cabral, M. O., …Worsley, T. (2019). New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain. Transportation, 46(3), 583-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-017-9798-7

© 2017, The Author(s). This paper provides an overview of the study ‘Provision of market research for value of time savings and reliability’ undertaken by the Arup/ITS Leeds/Accent consortium for the UK Department for Transport (DfT). The paper summa... Read More about New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain.

Special Issue “Walking and Cycling for better Transport, Health and the Environment” (2019)
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Gerike, R., de Nazelle, A., Wittwer, R., & Parkin, J. (2019). Special Issue “Walking and Cycling for better Transport, Health and the Environment”. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 123, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2019.02.010

Walking and cycling for transport have gained considerable importance in research and policy making in recent years. Empirical research on correlates of active travel is increasing at a significant pace. Attention has spread from an initially quite d... Read More about Special Issue “Walking and Cycling for better Transport, Health and the Environment”.

Development of a Combined Heat and Power sizing model for higher education buildings in the United Kingdom (2018)
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Amber, K. P., Dunn, A., Parkin, J., & Day, A. (2018). Development of a Combined Heat and Power sizing model for higher education buildings in the United Kingdom. Energy and Buildings, 172, 537-553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.02.027

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The four Higher Education Funding Councils in the United Kingdom want all universities to reduce CO2 emissions by 34% by 2020 compared to a 2005 base. Universities that have installed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology are... Read More about Development of a Combined Heat and Power sizing model for higher education buildings in the United Kingdom.

Book review of O’Flaherty, C. with Hughes, D. (2016) Highways: the location, design, construction and maintenance of road pavements 5th edition. ICE Publishing, London (2017)
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Parkin, J. (2017). Book review of O’Flaherty, C. with Hughes, D. (2016) Highways: the location, design, construction and maintenance of road pavements 5th edition. ICE Publishing, London. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 170(4), 247-247. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.16.00043

Book review of O’Flaherty, C. with Hughes, D. (2016) Highways: the location, design, construction and maintenance of road pavements 5th edition. ICE Publishing, London

Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda (2017)
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Parkin, J., Clark, B., Clayton, W., Ricci, M., & Parkhurst, G. (2018). Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 171(1), 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.16.00062

© ICE Publishing 2018. All rights reserved. The Venturer project is trialling an autonomous vehicle (AV) in the context of use on urban roads. This paper summarises a literature review undertaken to assist in developing a research agenda for the tria... Read More about Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda.

Cycling and disability: A call for further research (2017)
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Clayton, W., Parkin, J., & Billington, C. (2017). Cycling and disability: A call for further research. Journal of Transport and Health, 6, 452-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.01.013

© 2017 Cycling can offer health benefits, and these benefits are relevant for disabled people. Few disabled people cycle, and disability is under-researched in cycling studies. This paper (i) reviews current research into disabled cycling, and provid... Read More about Cycling and disability: A call for further research.

The EVIDENCE project: Measure no.20 - Cycling (2016)
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Parkin, J. (2016). The EVIDENCE project: Measure no.20 - Cycling. World Transport Policy and Practice, 22(1/2), 193-202

Positive Benefit-Cost-Ratios (BCRs) are seen for networks of cycle paths, based on journey time savings and lower health and fuel costs. Positive BCRs at the lower end of the scale derive benefits mainly from the value of time; health benefits contri... Read More about The EVIDENCE project: Measure no.20 - Cycling.

The mortality impact of bicycle paths and lanes related to physical activity, air pollution exposure and road safety (2015)
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Schepers, P., Fishman, E., Beelen, R., Heinen, E., Wijnen, W., & Parkin, J. (2015). The mortality impact of bicycle paths and lanes related to physical activity, air pollution exposure and road safety. Journal of Transport and Health, 2(4), 460-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2015.09.004

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Objective: Guidelines for bicycle infrastructure design tend to consider safety issues but not wider health issues. This paper explores the overall health impact of bicycle infrastructure provision, including not just road safety... Read More about The mortality impact of bicycle paths and lanes related to physical activity, air pollution exposure and road safety.

Barriers to the uptake of combined heat and power technology in the UK higher education sector (2015)
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Amber, K. P., & Parkin, J. (2015). Barriers to the uptake of combined heat and power technology in the UK higher education sector. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 34(6), 406-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2013.858158

© 2013 Taylor & Francis. To achieve the carbon reduction targets set by the UK Higher Education Funding Council, universities in the UK are investigating a number of energy-efficient technologies including combined heat and power (CHP). However, th... Read More about Barriers to the uptake of combined heat and power technology in the UK higher education sector.

Influence of road markings, lane widths and driver behaviour on proximity and speed of vehicles overtaking cyclists (2014)
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Shackel, S. C., & Parkin, J. (2014). Influence of road markings, lane widths and driver behaviour on proximity and speed of vehicles overtaking cyclists. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 73, 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2014.08.015

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. The proximity and speed of motor traffic passing cyclists in non-separated conditions may be so close and so great as to cause discomfort. A variety of road design and driver behaviour factors may affect over... Read More about Influence of road markings, lane widths and driver behaviour on proximity and speed of vehicles overtaking cyclists.

The effects of cycle lanes, vehicle to kerb distance and vehicle type on cyclists' attention allocation during junction negotiation (2014)
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Frings, D., Parkin, J., & Ridley, A. M. (2014). The effects of cycle lanes, vehicle to kerb distance and vehicle type on cyclists' attention allocation during junction negotiation. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 72, 411-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2014.07.034

Increased frequency of cycle journeys has led to an escalation in collisions between cyclists and vehicles, particularly at shared junctions. Risks associated with passing decisions have been shown to influence cyclists' behavioural intentions. The c... Read More about The effects of cycle lanes, vehicle to kerb distance and vehicle type on cyclists' attention allocation during junction negotiation.

Cycling infrastructure for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists (2013)
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Watson, M. C., Mulvaney, C. A., Mulvaney, C. A., Watson, M. C., Parkin, J., Coupland, C., …Smith, S. (2013). Cycling infrastructure for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010415

© 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The objectives of this review are to: 1. evaluate the effects of different types of cycling infrastructure on reducing cycli... Read More about Cycling infrastructure for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists.

Accounting for the Needs of Blind and Visually Impaired People in Public Realm Design (2012)
Journal Article
Parkin, J., & Smithies, N. (2012). Accounting for the Needs of Blind and Visually Impaired People in Public Realm Design. Journal of Urban Design, 17(1), 135-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2012.646139

Public realm schemes are being introduced in urban areas without the usual delineation between the footway and carriageway provided by kerb edges. Concern has been expressed about the resulting spaces on behalf of the approximately two million people... Read More about Accounting for the Needs of Blind and Visually Impaired People in Public Realm Design.

Planning cycling networks: Human factors and design processes (2011)
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Deegan, B., & Parkin, J. (2011). Planning cycling networks: Human factors and design processes. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 164(1), 85-93. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.1000018

Developing a network for cycle traffic is a complex process, particularly in a dense and heavily motor trafficked city such as London. The London Cycle Network Plus has delivered cycle routes on strategic highways, and local cycling stakeholders have... Read More about Planning cycling networks: Human factors and design processes.

Design speeds and acceleration characteristics of bicycle traffic for use in planning, design and appraisal (2010)
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Parkin, J., & Rotheram, J. (2010). Design speeds and acceleration characteristics of bicycle traffic for use in planning, design and appraisal. Transport Policy, 17(5), 335-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.03.001

This paper reports the results of a study of a cohort of cyclists to determine their speed and acceleration characteristics relative to gradient and other influencing factors in order to supply data for planners, designers and appraisers of cycle inf... Read More about Design speeds and acceleration characteristics of bicycle traffic for use in planning, design and appraisal.

Comparison of methods of assessing cycle routes (2009)
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Parkin, J., & Coward, A. (2009). Comparison of methods of assessing cycle routes. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 162(1), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2009.162.1.7

This paper compares the Institution of Highways and Transportation (IHT) Guidelines for Cycle Audit and Cycle Review with two methods of assessment based on research into perceptions of risk by cycle users in a study of fifteen routes from ten origin... Read More about Comparison of methods of assessing cycle routes.

Estimation of the determinants of bicycle mode share for the journey to work using census data (2008)
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Parkin, J., Wardman, M., & Page, M. (2008). Estimation of the determinants of bicycle mode share for the journey to work using census data. Transportation, 35(1), 93-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-007-9137-5

A model is presented that relates the proportion of bicycle journeys to work for English and Welsh electoral wards to relevant socio-economic, transport and physical variables. A number of previous studies have exploited existing disaggregate data se... Read More about Estimation of the determinants of bicycle mode share for the journey to work using census data.

Models of perceived cycling risk and route acceptability (2007)
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Parkin, J., Wardman, M., & Page, M. (2007). Models of perceived cycling risk and route acceptability. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 39(2), 364-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2006.08.007

Perceived cycling risk and route acceptability to potential users are obstacles to policy support for cycling and a better understanding of these issues will assist planners and decision makers. Two models of perceived risk, based on non-linear least... Read More about Models of perceived cycling risk and route acceptability.

A systematic approach to rights of way improvement planning (2005)
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Moores, D., Krause, J., Parkin, J., & Christensen, J. (2005). A systematic approach to rights of way improvement planning. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 158(2), 123-128. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2005.158.2.123

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 created the legal basis for rights of way improvement plans (ROWIPs). A systematic approach to the development of these plans has been developed through work on a pilot in Cheshire. A topic reviewed more clo... Read More about A systematic approach to rights of way improvement planning.

Innovation in education transport: Developments in West Yorkshire (2004)
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Parkin, J., McCorquodale, F., & Pickersgill, S. (2004). Innovation in education transport: Developments in West Yorkshire. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 157(1), 33-38. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2004.157.1.33

Education transport has been the Cinderella service of the bus industry. High peak costs and behaviour problems have consorted to make the carriage of school children a low priority for bus operators. On the other hand, education authorities have a d... Read More about Innovation in education transport: Developments in West Yorkshire.